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Sharp County record., 1887-10-13
HANNIBAL HAMLlN.
The Venerable Ex-Presdent a FavOrits
Among Rich and Poor.

Among Rich and Poor.
Ex-Vice- President Hannibal Hamlin,
says the Boston Globe, is not man of
wealth. No Doodle has ever stuck to his
hands. He lives plainly, unostentatious-
ly On every public occasion on which he
appears he is plainly the favorite, il
cheers and hearty greetings mean any
thing. He is seen in the streets of Bangor
on the cold est days of winter in his claw.
hammer coat, without the unnecessary ad.
junct Of an overcoat. He walks miles at a
stretch with the alacrity of a boy,
Just for constitutional" He is
found in the huts of the poor and
humble, smoking an old T. D.
pipe in company with the head Of the
the household. He knows every body
and every body knows him. On the
load of the lumberm an he is often seen
mounted, chatting merrily with the driv.
er, who is so proud of his companionship
that he will talkabout it for years after.
ward. He never forgets face and rarely
a name, and generally can tell you more
Of your family history than you know
yourself His chief relaxation is in fish.
ing He employs the old. fashioned angle.
worm for bait, and discards all the new
tangled appliances for capturing the finny
tribe. He is exceedingly gay in the ball
room. At the legislative "eunlon last
winter he participated in every dance
down on the order, and then went homo
In the morning with the prettiest girl on
the fioor
Sharp County record., 1887-10-13

Lieutenant Pollard of the Washin gton
Light I'fantry and Captain Chisholm
Second Maryland, stsnding first and sec.
ond in yesterdays and to-day's contests,
win the first and second prizes.
General Sheridan wi on Monday hand
the prize money to the lucky commands
and indv duals on the drill grJun Is. The
prizes are case prizes, and cash will be
handed out. The first priza for the best
drilled company will be paid with five new
one thousa dollar treasury notes.
Sharp County record., 1887-10-13
A MAN who does business on large scale
"a coal-dealer.-LtJe.
Humbug.

Barnum said 1.-THE American People like
10 be humbugged." This may be true in
the line of entertainment, but not where
life is at stake. A man with consumption,
or any lingering disease, looking Death in
the face and seeking to evade his awful
grasp, does not like to be triaed with. So
with confidence we place before our read
ers Nature's great remedy, DR.. Pierce's
that long train of diseases resulting from
impure blood, such as Consumption,
Chronic Nasal Catarrh, Liver Complaint,
Kidney Disorder, Dyspepsia, Sick Head
ache, Scrofula and General Debility. Time
tried and thoroughly tested, it stands with
out an equall Any druggist
Sharp County record., 1887-10-13
Municipie Courtesy,

BosToN, May 2S,-The Members of the
Philadelphia city government, who are
visiting Boston for The purpose of inspect
ing the Meig's elevated railroad, arrived
here yesterday morning, cand were re-
ceivel by delegations from the Boston
and Cambridge city governments. The
committee on railroads of the Legislature
and the R lilroal commisso The
party were given a breakfast at the
Revere House, and afterwari drove to
Cambridge to inspect the railway.
Sharp County record., 1887-10-13
It's wise child that resembles its rich,
est relative. .--DanviNe Breeze.
SHE scolds and frets,
She's full of pets,
She's rarely kind and tenderi
The thorn of life
10 q IIOUIU VI W IIJ
wonder what will mend her?

Try DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription:
Ten to one, your wife is cross and fretful
because she is sick and suffering, and can
not control her nervousness when things
go wrong. Make healthy woman of her
and the chances are you will make cheer
full and pleasant one. "Favorite Prescrip-
ton" is the only remedy for woman's pc
culiar ailments, sold by druggists, under a
positive guarantee from the manufacture
ers, that it will give satisfaction in every
case, or money will be refunded. See guar
antee on bottle wrapper. Large bottles,
81. Six for S..
Sharp County record., 1887-10-13
All In the Family.

Ayoung man and his wife went house.
hunting last week. "We want fat"
said the husband to the first landlord he
encountered. GAIL right; Ihave fats tc
rent. How many are there of youi"
asked the landlord. "Just two Gats.H
was the serene answer
Sharp County record., 1887-10-13
"Not Bulk, but Businessl"

is the way Western man putiti in express
ing to a friend his complete satisfaction in
the use Of DR.. Perce's Pleasant Purgative
Pellets. So small aud yetso effectual, they
bid fair to supplant entirely the old-style
pill. An ever-ready vemedy for Sick and
Bilious Headache, BiliOqsness, Constipa-
ton and all blood disora ,"s. Mild in &C.
ton, wonderful in effectl Eut up in viaIs
convenient to carry. Their use attended
with no discomfort These s,erling merits
account for their great popularity.
Sharp County record., 1887-10-13

In another column Of this issue will be
found an entirely new and novel specimen
of attractive advertising 1t is one of the
neatest ever placed in our paper and we
examining the SUPPOSED display letters in
the advertisement of Prickly Ash Bitters
Sharp County record., 1887-10-13
1t ia q Pleasure.

writes Mrs. Eliza Ann Smith, Of Verlaill-
ion, Erie Co., Ohio to tell the ladies everv
where that nothing surpasses DR.. Hartei's
Iron Tonic for all irregularities. at cured
me when the physicians and all other RENE
dies failed,n
Sharp County record., 1887-10-13

LErrER-ao, Gallagher, would be good
motto for postage stamp
Sharp County record., 1887-10-13

USE Instead Of Unwholesomo Cosmetics
Glenn's Sulphur Soap, which purities the Skin
Hills Hair & Whisker Dye, Black or Brown, 800,
Sharp County record., 1887-10-13

RELIEF is immediate, and cure sure.
Piso's Remedy for Catarrh. 80 cents.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-01-26

TOUCHING the mystery surrounding
the fate of the Blenders, st. Louis
paper prints this: Paul Belts says
that late in the seventies he was called
to see an acquaintance who was dying
in q Kansas City hotel. The man
wished to tell him about the fate of the
Benders, the family that murdered so
many travellers. He exacted q pledge
that Mr.. Belts would not reveal the
story while his informants wife lived.
He said the Benders were lynched by
vigilance committee. They were all
hanged except Kate Bender, who
fought so hard they could not get the
rope around her neck, and so she was
shot. The following year the story
was confirmed by a Kansas farmer,
living near the Benders'. The farmer
said: Did it never occur to you that
it was very strange that so many MUIR
derers as there were in the Bender
family, and such stupid people as they
we're, could escape from the keenest
detectives in the world, who will follow
their game into the furthest parts of
the world and capture them? How do
folks think that such a gang could get
away in a country where every man,
woman, and child knows everybody
else and everybody's horses and wag-
ons? No, sir; if any one wants what
there is left of the Blenders they will
have to go over into the Indian Terri
tory. They stretched hemp there, all
but Kate. 1 tell you, man, she was a
bad one. She screamed and bit and
cursed and kicked so that no one could
put the rope around her neck. So
some one cracked her skull for her
with a stick, and another one put q
bullet or two through her BRAIN Mr..
Belts has not felt free to tell the story
until the present time"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-01-26
Learn to DO Useful Things.

Girls who won't learn to do useful
things at home because their fathers
are rich, lose opportunities to fit them
selves to meet the exigencies and the
accidents of life. 1t has always been
the custom for the princes of Germany
to learn trades. The Bourbon princes
of France all acquired trades. Some
of them were printers, bookbinders,
shipwrights, house carpenters, joiners
and painters; they did not follow
these vocations, but they understood
them. Royal and princely ladies in
Germany and Europe understand every
function of housekeeping, and know
how to perform it, They can go to
the dairy and the stable and milk a
COW or handle horse, with dexterity
and satisfaction. The Prince of Wales
is bookbinder, each of his brothers
has trade, and his sons are now
learning trades according to their
tastes. All the ladies of the English
royal household are accomplished in
practical things-they know how to do
useful things, even if they are never
called upon to perform them. Harris
bItr0 Ipdependent
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-01-26

gust Spies TO be married We forbid the mar
riage. MRS. JOHN AsrtUR.
Mrs. Arthur is the lady from whom Miss
Van Zandt's legacy is expected to come.
Mr.. Seeger said: "That dispatch confirms
me in my resolve not to issue q marriage
license unless / am compelled to. i believe
that this whole thing is got up by some
sharp witted friends of Spies who pro-
pose to use an innocent and foolish
young girl TO create sympathy for him,
in the hope that the Governor may pardon
him or commute his sentence. The pas
sage in an interview with Miss Van Zandt
where she says Spies has experienced a
change of heart and will be a better man If
he is ever liberated convinces me that
the scheme is to represent him as reformed
and entitled to executive clemency. L
know Spies nature too well to believe
that he loves the girl. l don't be-
lieve that she loves him, but she.
thinks she does. / think that the real
affinity is between Miss Van Zandt, who
has nine dogs, and Mrs. Capt. Black, who
has sixty dogs. regard it as an outrage
on decency and an insult to the law that
this man Spies, with his neck in q halter,
should defy all the dictates of honor and
manhood and seek to drag down to his own
disgrace an innocent and foolish girl"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-01-26
SPIES.
The Condemned Anarchist Talks About
His Love Affair.

The Condemned Anarchist Talks About
His Love Affair.
zone day, during the trial, while George
G. Ingham was making his argument"
said Spies, in an interview, Miss Van
Zandt came to the courtroom. She had
read in the newspapers about us condemn
ed men, had seen our pictures, and had
formed the impression that We were lot
of wild beasts. Her visit to the court
room disappointed her. After the verdict
was given she came in contact with certain
people who had interested themselves in
our prosecutions, and concluded that the
whole trial was nothing but vast con-
spiracy against us. She wrote to the news
papers to explain certain matters that
would throw light on the trial, but the
editors refused her articles, being unwilling
to say anything in our favor. This
strengthened the young lady in the belief
that We were going to be murdered.
4" Subsequently Miss Van Zandt came
here and introduced herself to me. When
she found l was neither an ignoramus,
monster nor beast she came regularly and
took an interest in my companions and my.
self. At last" said Spies, blushing and
say" Then he added, slowly: eyes, a
mutual agreement was arrived at. Put it
in your own words. Miss Van Zandt, the
anarchist continued after having regained
his usual calm demeanor, sis an only child,
and her parents are rational, reasonable
people. Capt. Black is now making the
arrangements for our marriage. The lady
is not the one who attended the trial and
sat next to Mrs. Capt. Black, as some peo-
pie seem to have thought, he remarked in
conclusion.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-01-26

A REMARKABLE woman of 20 was Mrs.
Margaret Ashton, of Montrose, n. Y.
Her fad was attending funerals, and
she had been to 600 in her life, having
been present at the burial of every
person but three who died in that part
of her own and adjoining counties
during the last forty years. She APP
propriately dropped dead the other
day as the body of neighbor was
being lowered into the grave. Besides
being present at so many local funerals
she had been among the spectators at
the obsequies of all the noted people
of this country who have died in the
last half century, including Daniel
Webster, Abraham Lincoln, Horace
Greeley, Gen. Grant, President Gar
field, and Stephen A. Douglas. She
was prevented from being present at
President Arthur's funeral by the
death of relative, who was buried the
same day. Superstitious people may
attribute her unpleasant taking off aud
its cause TO the fact that she had thir-
teen children, of whom one survives
her.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-01-26

a CHARACTERISTIC story of Gen. Lo-
gan is told by Senator Cameron. Their
public career ended temporarily March
4, 1877, one as Senator, the other as
Secretary of War. Shortly after Don
Cameron ceased to be q member of the
Cabinet his father resigned as Senator
and the son was elected to fill the va
cancy, taking his seat at the special ses-
sion of Congress in October, 1877. He
met General Logan in the Capitol,
asked him what he was doing, and said
he regretted he was not in the Senate.
Il am doing" said the General, 'pre
cisely what / would be at if / was
Senator. / am ON attorney and claim
agent" The answer puzzled Cameron,
who thought members of Congress were
forbidden by law to engage in the prose-
cution of claims against the Govern
ment. ooh! see what bothers you"
said Logan. You want to know how L
could do it when was Senator. Then
L attended to other peoples business
for nothing. Now 1 am compelled to
do it for a living"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-01-26

The colossal telescope for the Lick
Observatory in California will soon be
completed, and, when mounted, it is
expected that great field for science
will be opened, by its wonderful glass,
to the view of astronomers. The ordi-
nary telescopes for astronomical OBJ
servation have magnifying power of
900 diameters, and with them the
moon is to all appearances, brought
within /, 200 miles of the earth. This
new telescope has power of 5000 di-
ameters, and is expected to bring the
moon to within 6S miles of us. In this
manner it will be possible to ascertain
to a certainty whether that body is in
habited or not 1t is also expected
that astronomers will then be able to
explain the enigmatical features of
Mars; the chaos of Orion will be ex-
plored; and perhaps an unseen uni
verse opened to our gaze. Every adj
vantage of position will favor this
mammoth telescope. 1t will be placed
on the Pacific coast, where the air is
the clearest in the world. Then rest
ing on top of Mount Hamilton, it will be
above the dense air that lies heavy near
the surface.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-01-26
FRUSTRATED WITH GRIEF.
Miss Van Zandt's Grandsire Crushed-The
Girl to BE Disinherited.
fpittahurob

Pittsburgh special
In an interview with Mrs. Arthur, the
aunt of Nina Van Zandt, Mt her residence
in Oakland, the following information was
cleaned concerning the young lady and the
attitude of friends in regard to her con-
duct. The shock 10 Mrs. Arthur and her
distinguished father and mother can readily
be imagined, especially as Miss Van Zandts
mother, who is the only sister OF Mrs. Ar
thur had been visiting her parents and sis
ter Just two weeks previous, and with the
exception of jokingly remarking that Nina
expected TO marry some nice young man in
the spring, had made nothing known, and
had not given the slightest hint in the true
direction. On reading the news, so great
was the prostraion of Mrs. Arthurs father,
Mr.. William b. Clark, that Mrs. Arthur
was obliged to write to the Van Zandts the
message he wished to send. The letter
was mailed by 10 o'clock Saturday morning,
imploring them to prevent the wedding.
This was closely followed by another, and
the Van Zandt family were informed that
henceforth they were not to be considered
in the light of relations. Every connection,
socially and financially, was dissolved for
ever, and Miss Nina utterly disinherited.
"She will receive no more than our dog
living there on the rug. Every dollar will
be bequeathed to charitable purposes, said
Mrs. Arthur, as she wiped the bitter tears
from her eyes.
Mrs. Arthur is very wealthy society
queen here, and holds Miss Van Zandt S
future wealth. This morning q letter was
received from Mrs. Van Zandt, from Chi
cago, written before the receipt of those
sent from Pittsburg, in which she informs
her relatives of Nina's approaching mar
riage to Spies, the anarchist, and invites
them TO be present at the ceremony, which
is to be performed on Thursday in the Jail
at Chicago, adding, also, that she and Mr..
Van Zandt could find no fault in the man
and had given their full consent to the
| nuptals, and that she hoped the friends
here would not worry themselves.
This letter." continued Mrs. Arthur,
| switch shows Ninas parents to be as high
| " blameworthy as Nina herself, has made
| father and all of us more firm in the deter
mira ton to disown the family forever"
Mr.. VIM. Il. Clark, the grandfather of
| Nina, is we'll known in Pittsburg. Both
he and his wife look back upon long line
of ancestors which shows not single blot
| on its proud integrity. They and their
| daughter, Mrs. Arthur, are members of the
First Presbyterian Church, and for their
| active religious works are widely known.
Mr.. Clark has but two children living
Mrs. Arthur and Mrs. Van Zandt-
and Nina is he only grandchild. Pref
| ty, bright, and good CONVEX
sationalst, she made host of
friends in this city, and at the wedding of
Miss Walker, given at the residence of Mrs.
| George Westinghouse, she was spoken of
as the brightest, handsomest" lady present,
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-01-26

Ex-MAYoR DAVID KINCH, of Altoona,
is the possessor of watch 100 years
old. 1t is open-faced, with cases and
caps, and bears upon it the name of its
maker, "A. Hollison, Liverpool, No.
1864" This antiquated time-piece
was bought in Lancaster, in 1877, by
John Kinch, grandfather of its present
owner, who paid s35. 1t remained in
his pospession until his death in 1926,
when it became the property of his son
David, father of David, Daniel and +.
b. Kinch, of Altoona. Until the death
of Mr.. Kinch in 1853 it was carried by
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-01-26

him, and it was bequeathed by him to
his son David, by whom it is now car
ried. Despite its continuous service of
100 years it is yet in excellent condi-
ton, keeping correct time and bidding
fair to run for century longer. Mr..
Kinch has reason to be proud of this
heirloom.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-01-26

"CoAL-On JOHNNY" who was made
immensely rich by the discovery of pc
troleum, and who scattered his wealth
with such lavish hand, has descended
step by step until he now has no place
to lay his head save in dreary cell in
the Mount Holly IN. j. Jail. The
quondam possessor of millions is now
q common tramp.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-01-26
At Our Boarding House.

evil you please pass the hay2" asked
the funny boarder Of the school-teacher at
the Sunday dinner.
"what's the joker she replied.
"You know the preacher informed US tnis
morning that All flesh is grassg"
YES"
swell, dried grass is hay; ergo, dried
beef must be hay"
II see. Susan. rub his head, and give
him some cowslips."
"What for?"
"Theyre good for green's, you know
u ..lo~oaA Ill., l.... a. llsaa
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-01-26

A wELL-DIa6ER at Cave Springs,
Mo-, after digging down twenty feet
came upon cave, which has been ex-
plored for quarter of mile, and is
said to be particularly interesting and
beautiful on account of its abundant
stalacites and stalagmites.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-01-26
PAW PAW, MICHIGAN.

SARGENT S. PRENTIss was the ideal
orator OF the South. A large and ex-
cellent oil portrait, presented by Judge
Morris, of Natchez, has been hung in
the room of the Supreme Court of
Louisiana, the field of most of Mr..
Prentiss' oratorical triumphs.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-01-26
Reducing the Tariff.

See here, Senator, your constituents
are raising a row over your last vote.
You introduced a bill to reduce the
tariff on barbed wire"
"Weil?"
1--WE want more protection.
Nonsense. Any man who ever tried
to climb barb-wire fence understands
that it knows how to protect itself"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-01-26

In Philadelphia man was walking
on the Pennsylvania Railroad track,
near the Geological Gardens, as an en-
CINE was approaching. Head Keeper
Byrne, of the garden, shouted warn
ing to him. The train drew nearer and
nearer, but the man never lifted his
eyes from a paper, until just as the
locomotive was about to hurl him into
eternity he coolly stepped off the track
and as the cylinder of the rushing en-
CINE caught his coat and tore it from
his back he turned to Mr.. Byrne, who
had jumped the fence expecting to pick
up corpse, and said: "These darned
railroad companies want the earth.
They took my last dollar to carry me
here and now they take the only coat
I've got to let me walk on their darned
old track"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-01-26

QUEEN VIcToRIA's dinner parties are
very dreary affairs. 1t is said that in
all the fifty years of the Queens reign
there has never been any sort of al
fusion to political or personal topics at
her table. Everything of the sort is
strictly prohibited, and proper names
are never mentioned, so that nothing
can possibly be more vapid than the
little conversation that goes on, the
usual subjects being the weather,
scenery, art, and music.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-01-26

+. Ct. SPALDING, the man who framed
the original legal-tender act, is still
living in Buffalo. He is nearly so
years of age. AT the breaking out of
the war he was leading member of
the lower house of Congress. His
famous bill, known as the legal-tender
act, was slightly altered before its in
PRODUCTION by Secretary Chase and
Mr.. Lincoln. The original bill is now
in the possession of its author. Mr..
Spalding is a bank President, and is
worth $1O,O0O,O00
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-01-26

You've wife (shopping)-Pm giving
small dinner tomorrow, and i shall
want some lamb. Butcher-Yes'm;
fore-quarter o. lamb, m? Young wife
We'll, / think three-quarters will be
enough.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-01-26

ATTENTION of the legal authorities
of Virginia has just been directed to a
singular state of affairs. During the
last three years of the war, when COM
munication with Northern manufacture
ing centers was cut off, the supply of
ink in the South gave out, and it was
manufactured in a hurry, and, of
course, not according to the most APP
proved methods. The county court
records were kept in this ink, and now
Investigation of the courthouse books,
in which deeds and such things are re-
corded, reveals the fact that many of
these are so indistinct as to be barely
decipherable. From this cause, unless
steps are promptly taken, it is feared
thapserious complications may arise.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-01-26

The Massachusetts, Supreme Court
affirms the decision of the lower courts
that sleeping car company is liable to
a passenger for any loss he sustains by
robbery while occupying berth i'll one
of the company's cars. at is the COM
pany's duty" the court says, "to use
reasonable means to guard the passen-
ger against theft; and if through want
OF care the personal effects of passen-
ger, such as he might reasonably carry
with him, are stolen, the company is
liable. Such rule is required by pub
lie policy and by the interests of both
the passenger and the company"